An oven dry sand mass with a dry unit weight of 105pcf and Gs of 2.70 is placed outdoors in a container. Overnight, it rains. As it rains, the total volume of the soil specimen within the container remains the same, yet the S increases to 55% by the time the rain is over for the night. a. Determine the new total unit weight of the soil after the rain in units of pcf. Express your answer in four significant figures. Show full phase diagram.

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An oven dry sand mass with a dry unit weight of 105pcf and Gs of 2.70 is placed outdoors in a container. Overnight, it rains. As it rains, the total volume of the soil specimen within the container remains the same, yet the S increases to 55% by the time the rain is over for the night.

a. Determine the new total unit weight of the soil after the rain in units of pcf. Express your answer in four significant figures. Show full phase diagram.

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